Main-tie-main switchgear is very common in critical facilities. Depending on the application, each of the mains is designed to carry half of the total swgr load on a normal day. In the event of a failure of one source, the main breaker on the "bad" source is opened, then the tie is closed for the "good" main to carry the full load of the SWGR.
Sometimes I design in a main-tie-tie-main. This allows maintenance access to either side of the tie without any live bus to contend with.
